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The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After initially committing to become one of the founding members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1959, the team joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion franchise and played their first game in 1961, as part of the Western Conference.
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. [8] Founded in 1960 as an expansion team, the team began play the following year.
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FIRST HOME GAME — The Minnesota Vikings played the Los Angeles Rams in preseason action at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN, on Sept. 10, 1961, the team's first game in the...
"The History of the Minnesota Vikings" premieres on the Secret Base YouTube channel Aug. 1. All seven episodes will be posted before the Vikings' season starts Sept. 10.
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The Minnesota Vikings are an American professional football team founded in 1961 and based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, that plays in the National Football Conference of the National Football League. The Vikings have appeared in four Super Bowls (1970, 1974, 1975, and 1977), losing each time.
Perhaps no team in history ever had a more spectacular debut than did the Minnesota Vikings in their first game ever on September 17, 1961. Rookie Fran Tarkenton made a once-in-a-generation debut when he came off the bench to throw four touchdown passes and run for a fifth score to lead his Vikings to a 37-13 thrashing of the fabled Chicago Bears.
The Minnesota Vikings were founded in 1960 as an expansion team for the NFL becoming the league’s 14th team. The team was named after the Nordic sea kings because a significant number of the...
FIRST PLAYOFF WIN — On Dec. 27, 1969, in the first NFL playoff game in Minnesota, the Vikings came from behind to defeat the L.A. Rams 23-20 in the Western Conference Championship Game ...